JoD is a special and unique woman, and if she weren't so caring of others you could possibly find yourself more than a touch green with envy at her popularity and sheer zest for life. She recently made a significant life change and has moved to France. Happy Birthday JoD, I hope you've had a truly wonderful day… x

Monday, 28 July 2008

I wanted to share this article from Saturday's Telegraph magazine about a very special Finnish wedding.

The vision of Dai Fujiwara (Issey Miyake) who, in 2007, spoke at 'It's a Beautiful Day', a design conference which was organised by the Alvar Aalto Foundation. The theme 'It's a Beautiful Wedding Day'.

The bride and groom, Ulla-Maaria Mutanen and Jyri Engeström, agreed to leave the entire planning and design of their day in the hands of Fujiwara and an impressive list of international designers, who all contributed their time and ideas free of charge in order to be part of the project.

Dai Fujiwara designed the stunning wedding gown which is based on a hexagon, the groom's suit and an outfit for the couples baby son, Eliel.

Tuesday, 8 July 2008

We've started work on decorating our hallway... which means that we're at the stage where we need to do all the essential but horrid little jobs which make you feel like you're not really getting anywhere.

Sunday afternoon was spent cleaning the telephone extension chord, which runs from our living room, along the first floor landing and upstairs...

Monday, 7 July 2008

It's a fascinating look at the work of this original, imaginative and highly talented pair, over the past 15 years. The centrepiece of which is a huge dolls house that showcases perfectly crafted minature versions of some of their finest creations. The dolls are amazing to study as well as being a little sinister... as dolls often can be.

My favourite exhibit is "Russian Doll, A/W 1999-2000". Model Maggie Rizer wore the entire collection which was made up of eight costumes. She arrived in the first outfit and while standing on a turntable was dressed in each of the remaining seven couture piece by V&R.